"We'll expect to be more competitive but we need to keep our feet on the ground."

Marussia's chief executive officer Graeme Lowdon added: "This result represents real progress. We all know in Formula 1 that if you stand still, you go backwards so it's great for a team like ours to be getting its first points on the board.

"You can see what it means to everyone by looking at the faces in the garage at the end. When you've got 197 people instead of 1,000 everyone knows what they've contributed towards the achievement."

Daniel Ricciardo scored his second podium of the season on a track where he had never finished in two previous attempts

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo pushed Hamilton all the way to seal a podium finish. The Australian admitted Red Bull still have some way to go to challenge Mercedes, but said: "We got closer than I expected at the end after that last restart.

"In the last 20 laps, I knew the tyres would hold and we pushed all we could.

Ricciardo recovered after a disappointing start, adding: "The start was depressing, I wasn't pleased.

"We didn't seem to get any drive and basically it's been a little bit like that all year and we haven't felt we've been able to put the power to the ground."